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About Choice Hotels International Inc
Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor in the United States and internationally. It operates through Hotel Franchising & Management and Corporate & Other segments. The company franchises lodging properties under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Sleep Inn, Ascend Collection, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Suburban Studios, WoodSpring Suites, Ev… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Lodging
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: September 16, 1997
Headquarters: 915 Meeting Street, North Bethesda, MD, United States, 20852
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$113.71
Market Cap
$5.07B
Float
35.2M
Shares Outstanding
45.5M
P/E (Forward)
15.63
P/E (TTM)
15.07
Price/Sales (TTM)
5.13
vs. Analyst Target
-1.0% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
35.00%
Operating Margin (TTM)
27.82%
Revenue (TTM)
$988M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-53.20%
Dividend Rate
1.1%
Analyst Target Price
$112.53 (15 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$774M
$75.4M
$311M
$150M
2021
$1.07B
$289M
$600M
$474M
2022
$1.40B
$332M
$700M
$545M
2023
$1.54B
$259M
$690M
$440M
2024
$1.58B
$300M
$744M
$554M
2025
$1.60B
$370M
$654M
$659M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$426M
$81.7M
Sep 2025
$447M
$180M
Dec 2025
$390M
$63.7M
Mar 2026
$341M
$20.3M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
38.8%
Institutional Ownership
80.3%
Short Float
19.0%
% of All Funds Holding
3.76%
Number of Funds Holding
309
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$109.59
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$103.80
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$119.29
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$120.34
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$103.04
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$119.70
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$119.94
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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